Leading After Surgery Care Options Bring Companionship To Elders In Downey

If you have a loved one who is going to be staying in the hospital following an impending surgery, did you know that your loved one can enjoy continual companionship during his/her stay?

At A-1 Home Care in Downey, our caregivers provide friendly companionship to elders who seek it—regardless of where they happen to be. That means elders who are spending time in the hospital don’t need to feel alone when their family and friends aren’t present, because A-1 Home Care’s diverse after surgery care solutions are here to stay!

Some of the affordable hospital sitter services at A-1 Home Care include:

·         assistance with personal services like bathing, grooming, dressing, and toileting

·         wake-up and tuck-in services

·         running errands like grocery shopping and picking up clothes from the cleaners

·         maintenance inside the home including vacuuming, dusting, dishwashing, laundry, and trash

·         maintenance outside the home including yard work and gardening tasks

·         transportation of items you need from the home during your hospital stay  

·         special needs care

·         child care

·         pet care

A-1 Home Care has served seniors in communities throughout Los Angeles and Orange County since its inception more than 20 years ago, and has retained the honorary distinction as the caregiving agency trusted most in all of Southern California.

To discover more about the affordable after surgery elder care options available in Downey and surrounding areas, call a helpful caregiver by dialing (626) 287-0250 or (562) 929-8400 today. A-1 Home Care is proud to serve in neighboring cities like Cerritos, Pico Rivera, Whittier, Los Alamitos, and Los Angeles.

Live-In Care Options Offered To Elders In Downey

Seniors who would benefit from having live-in care solutions from the comfort of their own home have exactly that at A-1 Home Care in Downey. That’s because A-1 Home Care represents the leader in elder care in all of Los Angeles and Orange County, providing exceptional relief services to seniors of all ethnicities and economic backgrounds, from Jewish to Middle Eastern and Asian to European.

A-1 Home Care is composed of compassionate caregivers who come out to the comfort of the home with affordable caregiving options that are equally diverse. They can last for as long or as short as needed, depending on your loved one’s specific caregiving requirements.

A-1 Home Care’s diverse caregiver options include in-home services such as:

·         assistance with household chores like dusting, vacuuming, dish-washing, laundry, mopping, and bed-making

·         assistance with yard work and gardening duties like watering plants, mowing the lawn, and raking leaves

·         assistance with personal services like bathing, grooming, dressing, and toileting

·         assistance with mobility

·         nutritious and delicious meal preparation

·         medication reminders and administration

·         enjoyable conversation, activities, and companionship

·         transportation to and from medical appointments and other existing engagements

A-1 Home Care is also proud to offer caregiving options such as Alzheimer’s care, Multiple Sclerosis care, and child care.

If you’d like to know more about the exceptional and reasonable elder caregiving solutions offered at A-1 Home Care, then call a friendly caregiver today by dialing (562) 929-8400 or (626) 287-0250. A-1 Home Care serves neighboring communities that include Pico Rivera, Whittier, Cerritos, Los Alamitos, and Seal Beach.

Heart Attack Care Options Relieve Seniors In Downey

Has you or a loved one survived a heart attack and would benefit from in-home care services going forward?

At A-1 Home Care in Downey, seniors with heart disease or heart problems-- or even those with a healthy heart who want to keep it that way-- experience the best elder care home options in Southern California. That's because the heart attack care providers on staff dedicate themselves to bringing every senior they come into contact with up to full health, offering healthy meal plans and years of specialized knowledge in the heart care field.

These specialized caregivers are also diverse, helping many different ethnicities experience full restoration after heart issues ranging from heart attacks to heart murmurs to subtle pain in their chests.

Some of the specific in-home care services that A-1 Home Care's caregivers provide include:

• assistance with household duties like vacuuming, dish-washing, and bed-making
• assistance with yard work and gardening tasks like raking leaves and watering plants
• assistance with personal services like bathing, grooming, and dressing
• delicious and nutritious meal preparation that is always heart-friendly
• transportation to and from medical appointments and other engagements
• child care
• special needs care

For more information about why the best heart attack senior care options are right here in Downey, contact a caregiver at A-1 Home Care today by dialing (562) 929-8400 or (626) 287-0250. A-1 Home Care has been proudly serving Los Angeles and Orange County for more than 20 years, including communities like La Mirada, Cerritos, Seal Beach, Long Beach, and LA.
 

Compassionate Companion Services Befriend Seniors In Downey

Are you a senior in the Downey area who would benefit from exceptional companion services in the comfort of your home? 

At A-1 Home Care, we provide diverse and affordable home care options for seniors with common and unique home needs alike. Our non-medical care staff have years of experience in the care giving field and must pass a specific and extensive set of criteria before they're even given an interview for employment with A-1 Home Care. This allows elders to be comfortable about the companion care services they're getting.

Some of the leading elder care services offered by A-1 Home Care's friendly care providers include: 

• help with general housecleaning duties like dusting, laundry, dish washing, bed-making, and vacuuming
• help with yard work and gardening tasks like mowing the lawn, raking leaves, and watering plants
• transportation to and from medical appointments and other existing engagements
• medication reminders
• healthy meal preparation
• enjoyable activities that meet the needs of every patient
• good companionship and conversation
• personal care services
• child care services
• pet care services

If you’d like to find out more information about the leading home care solutions provided for you right here in Downey, then give one of the helpful care givers at A-1 Home Care a call today by dialing (562) 929-8400 or (626) 287-0250. A-1 Home Care has proudly been serving seniors across Los Angeles and Orange County for decades, including in cities like Huntington Beach, La Mirada, Los Alamitos, Burbank, and Encino.

Caregiver Service in Christmas for Downey Seniors

If you are looking for some extra 24 hour holiday help to caregiver service for your senior loved ones on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, look no further than A-1 Home Care for seniors in Downey and surrounding areas.  Family caregivers often stress out during the holidays because there’s not enough of them to run around and meet everyone’s needs.  From gift shopping to family dinners, being a host or traveling across the country can be quite stressful for family caregivers and their loved ones.  A-1 Home Care provides traveling companions for your elderly loved ones who want to see their children and grandchildren in distant cities and states.  We also provide local Christmas help to deck the halls of your own home with boughs of holly.  

What kind of help can I expect?

Seniors with health complications need extra undivided attention.  Timely and accurate doses of medication, special diets and toileting care are part of the home care package.  If you’re running around like a chicken with its head cut off during Christmas season, paying careful attention to detail will pose as a challenge for you if you have a ton of things on your plate to think about.  Leave Christmas caregiver service to A-1 Home Care in Downey, where we will wait on your elderly loved one hand and foot!  If you need overnight care, incontinence care, arthritis care, Alzheimer’s and Dementia care or any other type of elder care that may impose extra pressure on you during the holiday season, leave it to us to take care of you and your loved ones. 

About A-1 Home Care

A-1 Home Care, a non-medical home care agency, is providing Christmas caregiver service for the holiday season for seniors in Downey, Whittier, Pico Rivera, Cerritos, Norwalk, and other cities nearby.   Licensed, bonded and insured, we pre-screen all caregivers and companions before they can enter the sanctuary of your home.  If your elderly loved one would like to join his or her friends for the holidays rather than spend time alone, our caregivers will take them anywhere they want to go.  But if your parent or in-law wants to stay home but not alone, our caregivers can be great conversationalists too!

For overnight care or 24-hour live-in care, call A-1 Home Care today (562) 929-8400 or visit us online www.downeyinhomecare.com for more information.  

Be Prepared - Hire a Caregiver

If you're like most people, you would rather not think about the possible options available after experiencing any kind of accident or disaster. Many people would prefer to avert their attention to the more optimistic possibilities that can arise out of any situation. It's an understandable attitude, but one that will not help once an accident does hit. And though we, from A-1 Home Care, wouldn't wish any ill outcome for anyone, we certainly do understand that disasters can happen. We've learned that and much more from serving LA and OC residents since 1991 and one of the most important lessons our clients show us is that it is always good to be prepared. 

Imagine if an accident struck you or your loved ones. Whether it's something like a sports injury or an injury from an incident on the freeway, it will undoubtedly be more difficult to go about your daily life in the next few days or months. Traveling around the house and outside will no longer be as simple as stepping out the door. Instead it could be exhausting and downright painful. That's why residents in Downey are prepared for such incidents and call us right away to assign them an in home or live in caregiver. Trained to administer After-Surgery Care, care for sports injury or Respite Care, our 24 hour in home helpers are capable of handling whatever case heads their way.

For more information, call our office at  562 904 2878 or check us out at Downey In Home Care. 

Senior Care with Fun Summer Actitivies

With summer in full tow, it’s hard not to get excited about the activities that are available this season. There’s hiking, swimming, and all sorts of outdoor activities that are available, but what about for seniors and the elderly? Because their bodies may not be physically able to endure such outdoor events, they may feel a little isolated from the norms of summer fun, but it doesn't have to be that way. There are many ways to enjoy the summer with elderly loved ones and here are some of them:

DIY Projects:

DIY is great for bonding with your senior loved ones. DIY (or do-it-yourself) can range from knitting to somewhat more complicated projects like photo magnets.  

Walking:

Take a stroll on the beach or a round in the park – Not only could this benefit your loved ones as a form of exercise and physical therapy, it’s also a nice time for catching up!

Storytelling :

This takes literally no effort from both parties and it’s also a chance to let your loved one shine. Learn a little more about what it was like to grow up in a different time and make new memories at the same time!

A-1 Home Care and its staff & caregivers know all about the issues concerning seniors and the elderly, including the need for companion care, the potential for Alzheimer’s and Dementia and the demand for in home and 24 hour care. We dedicate ourselves to proving quality and professional home health aides to live in and service the elderly in their homes. Not only do we promise professional senior caregivers, but we promise to deliver all facets of care, including but not limited to Parkinson’s Care, Diabetic Care, Heart Attack care and more.

If you are interested in our services, check us out in Downey In Home Care and like us on Facebook. Call our office at  562 929 8400 to inquire about senior caregivers. 

Arts & Crafts Day Trip to Downey Care Center!

This afternoon, a few of us from A-1 Home Care- Jackie from Marketing, Janette from Recruiting, and Hanna from Social Media, went to Downey Care Center to lead an Arts & Crafts lesson with the elderly residents there. We understand that while staying at a convalescent hospital isn't all fun and games, it's refreshing to take a dip in the creativity pool and lose yourself in art.

Everyone gathered around to decorate tasseled bookmarks. We used markers, patterned cardstock, glitter stickers, and foam stickies to make customized artworks. Everyone decided between keeping them for themselves or giving one away as a gift for a friend.

We made friends!

At the end, A-1 Home Care has a tradition of raffling names for a great prize at the end. Betty the winner was so surprised to win this great basket of cookies, cheeses and other snacks. We were thrilled to see her smile so widely!

A-1 Home Care provides care services in A-1 Home Care is dedicated to providing excellent Elder Care Services. Meet our Caregivers of the Year or look through ourexcellent reviews. Seniors living in Downey, Norwalk, Lakewood, La Mirada, Cerritos, Long Beach and other cities in the Los Angeles County and Orange County areas should call today.

Call 562-904-2878 to arrange Non Medical Care todayVisit us athttp://www.downeyinhomecare.com/caregiver_agency.html to learn about our team of caregivers 

Glaucoma Awareness Month/ A-1 Home Care Downey

 

 Glaucoma describes a group of eye conditions that affect vision. It may affect both eyes and each eye may progress in a variable way. The primary feature of glaucoma is high interocular pressure. This increase in pressure may cause progressive damage to the optic nerve and loss of nerve fibers. Vision loss may result. Advanced glaucoma may even cause blindness. 

Not everyone with high eye pressure will develop glaucoma, and many people with normal eye pressure will develop glaucoma. When the pressure inside an eye is too high for that particular optic nerve, whatever that pressure measurement may be, glaucoma will develop.

A-1 Home Care provides trusted in home eldercare in the cities of Downey, Norwalk, Lakewood, La Mirada, Cerritos, Long Beach and other cities in the Los Angeles County and Orange County. Our agency is A+ rated with the Better Business Bureau and has provided care for seniors since 1991.
Call 562-904-2878 to arrange Non Medical Care todayVisit us at http://www.downeyinhomecare.com/caregiver_agency.html to learn about our team of caregivers 

Respite Care in Orange County & Los Angeles from A-1 Home Care / A-1 Domestic

Food after mouth surgery/ After Surgery Care in Downey

After oral surgery, soft foods are key. You should stick to soft, clear foods to promote healing. For the first day or two after surgery, you should stick to a diet of clear liquids and broth. As healing begins and pain begins to subside, you can move up to soft foods that will not break down to smaller particles such as yogurts, mashed potatoes, cooked cereals, applesauce and similar. If you must strain these foods to get rid of small particles, do so. In addition to preventing food particles from getting trapped in the wound, these foods are great for upset stomachs, which may occur a day or two after surgery.

A-1 Home Care recommends trying out one of many delicious soft food recipes. We love:

Paula Deen's "The Best Bread Pudding"

Ingredients

2 cups granulated sugar
5 large beaten eggs
2 cups milk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
3 cups cubed Italian bread, allow to stale overnight in a bowl
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, softened
1 cup chopped pecans

For the sauce:

1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
1 egg, beaten
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup brandy

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13 by 9 by 2-inch pan.

Mix together granulated sugar, eggs, and milk in a bowl; add vanilla. Pour over cubed bread and let sit for 10 minutes.

In another bowl, mix and crumble together brown sugar, butter, and pecans.

Pour bread mixture into prepared pan. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture over the top and bake for 35 to 45 minutes, or until set. Remove from oven.

For the sauce:

Mix together the granulated sugar, butter, egg, and vanilla in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir together until the sugar is melted. Add the brandy, stirring well. Pour over bread pudding. Serve warm or cold.

Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/the-best-bread-pudding-recipe/index.html#!?oc=linkback

Post Surgery or In Hospital Care for Downey Seniors

Phytochemicals are chemicals found in plant foods. "Phyto" means plant. Some phytochemicals have been studied for their potential anti-inflammatory benefits and their ability to prevent recurrence.

• Soy. Soybeans contain phytoestrogens. These are weak estrogen-like compounds. Soybeans (also called edamame), tofu, soy milk, and miso soup all contain these phytoestrogens.
• Antioxidants. Many vegetables, fruits, nuts, and other foods contain antioxidants. Examples of specific foods with antioxidants include broccoli, liver, and mangos. Antioxidants protect your cells from damage from "free radicals."
• Beta-carotene. Beta-carotene gives carrots, apricots, yams, and other orange-colored vegetables and fruits their color.
• Lycopene. Lycopene is what puts the red in tomatoes and the pink in pink grapefruit. It might also help prevent recurrence of inflammation.

A-1 Home Care provides after surgery care services in A-1 Home Care is dedicated to providing excellent Elder Care Services. Meet our Caregivers of the Year or look through our excellent reviews. Seniors living in Downey, Norwalk, Lakewood, La Mirada, Cerritos, Long Beach and other cities in the Los Angeles County and Orange County areas should call today.

Call 562-904-2878 to arrange Non Medical Care todayVisit us at http://www.downeyinhomecare.com/caregiver_agency.html to learn about our team of caregivers